Brown v. State Farm Correctional Center, No. 7:2024cv00137 - Document 3 (W.D. Va. 2024)

Court Description: Opinion and Order transferring case to Eastern District of Virginia. Signed by District Judge Robert S. Ballou on 2/28/2024. (Opinion and Order mailed to Pro Se Party/Parties via US Mail)(aab)

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Brown v. State Farm Correctional Center Doc. 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ROANOKE DIVISION MARK ALAN BROWN, Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM CORR. CNTR, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 7:24cv00137 OPINION and ORDER By: Robert S. Ballou United States District Judge Plaintiff Mark Alan Brown, a Virginia inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging deliberate indifference to his medical needs, against State Farm Correctional Center (Medical), which is located in Goochland County, Virginia. Brown is now incarcerated at State Farm, and his claims are based on events alleged to have occurred at that facility. Because Goochland is located within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and his claims appear to have no connection to the Western District of Virginia, the court finds it appropriate to transfer this case to the Eastern District of Virginia. See 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) (permitting district courts to transfer a case to the proper venue); 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b)(2) (providing that venue is proper in “a judicial district where a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred”). This action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Clerk is DIRECTED to transfer all pleadings filed in this case and a copy of the docket sheet to the Clerk of the Eastern District of Virginia. The Clerk shall STRIKE the case from the active docket of this court and provide a copy of this order to the plaintiff. Dockets.Justia.com It is so ORDERED. Enter: February 28, 2024 /s/ Robert S. Ballou Robert S. Ballou United States District Judge

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